Mar. 14 | Those who make this heartfelt aspiration for the Bodhisattva way
Will be free of all lower rebirths,
Free of harmful companions,
And will quickly see Amitabha, Infinite Light.
– Samantabhadra Bodhisattva
(The King Of Prayers)
In order to train just...

Feb. 12 |
What do you do if your duty is to save your people against tyranny, while being wanted, and with little support? The titular (but somewhat fictionalised) ‘Outlaw King’ who was Robert the Bruce (1274-1329) sacked his own land’s usurped...

Jan. 8 |
An inexplicable presence turns people crazy when seen, leading to suicide and murder. With no one who has seen it surviving, no one lives to tell what it really is, be it some spirit being, alien or whatnot. While curiosity of the audience deepens with...

Dec. 12 |
Those who have ignorance
will engage in bad karma
and go to hell.
Those who have ignorance
will create good karma
and go to heaven.
Those who are wise
will go beyond karma,
and attain liberation.*
– Chandrakirti
* By progressing towards purity,
swiftest...

Nov. 27 |
The very shortsighted
must learn to see
much further.
– Shilashanti
The Kukkuravatika Sutta records how Puṇṇa (of the Koliyans), an ox-duty ascetic, and Seniya the naked dog-duty ascetic learnt the error of their ways through the Buddha. Prior...

Oct. 25 |
‘Jason Bourne’ recalls his once forgotten ‘past life’ within this life… He was kind of tricked, yet kind of volunteered to be ‘trained’ as a ruthless killer of many. This reminds us to be mindful when choosing...

Sep. 5 | We have the impression [through the earliest found sūtras]…
that [the] Mahāyāna [tradition] was NOT distinct from
[so-called] ‘mainstream’ Buddhism at this period
[when these sūtras were being recorded],
as it became [institutionalised...